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Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosop hies. From tattoos and mini-…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Dress, Language and Communication -- Chapter 2. Dress and Social Identity -- Chapter 3. Style and Styles between Fashion and the Grotesque -- Chapter 4. Taste between Common Sense and Received Meaning -- Chapter 5. Everyday Models -- Chapter 6. The Fac…
Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This book demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosophies.
From tattoos to mini-skirts, to skin decoration, make-up and hair, the author examines the many functions of modern dress. Considering the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play, she argues clothing is at the root of a complex set of messages, many…
From tattoos to mini-skirts, to skin decoration, make-up and hair, the author examines the many functions of modern dress. Considering the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play, she argues clothing is at the root of a complex set of messages, many…
"Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This book demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosophies." "From tattoos and mini-skirts to skin decorat…
Annotation What do tattooed Egyptian mummies of 2000 BC have in common with modern sub-cultural styles? From mini-skirts to skin decoration, make-up to hair, dress is imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. Calefato picks apart the multiple fun…
From tattoos to mini-skirts, to skin decoration, make-up and hair, the author examines the many functions of modern dress. Considering the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play, she argues clothing is at the root of a complex set of messages, many…
Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosop hies. From tattoos and mini-…
The book highlights how the signs of fashion showcase stories, hybridations, forms of feeling, from the classics of fashion in cinema, to fashion as cultural tradition in the global world, to digital media. Based on a strong socio-semiotic method (Barthes, The Language of Fashio…